W.O. Mitchell worked for many years on this book, polishing what was to be his big, serious, and very controversial novel about white-native relations. The book is set in the Paradise Reserve in the Alberta foothills - but the Reserve is far from perfect. Carlyle Sinclair, a widower who comes to teach in the one-room schoolhouse, is full of optimism, but he is frustrated in and out of the classroom by the passivity of the people he is determined to help. When Victoria, his prize pupil, goes missing in the backstreets of the ...
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W.O. Mitchell worked for many years on this book, polishing what was to be his big, serious, and very controversial novel about white-native relations. The book is set in the Paradise Reserve in the Alberta foothills - but the Reserve is far from perfect. Carlyle Sinclair, a widower who comes to teach in the one-room schoolhouse, is full of optimism, but he is frustrated in and out of the classroom by the passivity of the people he is determined to help. When Victoria, his prize pupil, goes missing in the backstreets of the city, he goes in search of her, and of the truth about his own life. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
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Very Good. Sl/rubbed and Worn Dj. pp. 393. dedicated and SIGNED by the author on the title page. "W.O. Mitchell worked for many years on this book, polishing what was to be his big, serious, and very controversial novel about white-native relations. The book is set in the Paradise Reserve in the Alberta foothills â€" but the Reserve is far from… 8vo. Signed by Author.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. pp.393 clean tight copy d/j shows small creasing to top spine and bottom spine has some tears with creasing, wear to corners, top back small tear with creasing and creasing to corner, else slight rubbing, boards show wear to top/bottom spines and corners gift inscription on frontpiece Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good. 0771061145. Edge and tip wear. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 5.5 X 1.2 X 8.5 inches; 408 pages.
